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originals transcribed, provided however, that in any action
wherein the Commission, or any intervening party, shall demur
or file any other responsive pleading other than an answer to
a complaint filed under Section 415 of this sub-title, such
transcript shall not be filed until the court shall have acted
upon such demurrer or other responsive pleading and until an
answer shall have been filed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 608.
(Senate Bill 113)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
59 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title "Miscel-
laneous", said section having been Section 72 of said
Article in the 1943 Supplement, and having been re-
codified by Chapter 528 of the Acts of 1945, relating to
Court costs and counsel or attorney's fees.

SECTIONl. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 59 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title
"Miscellaneous", said Section having been Section 72 of
said Article in the 1943 Supplement, and having been re-
codified by Chapter 528 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

59. Where injury or death for which compensation is
payable under this Article, was caused under circum-
stances creating a legal liability in some person other
than the employer to pay damages in respect thereof,
the employee, or in the case of death, his personal repre-
sentative or dependents as hereinbefore defined, may pro-
ceed either by law against that other person to recover
damages or against the employer for compensation under
this Article, or in case of joint tortfeasors against both;
and if compensation is claimed and awarded or paid under
this Article, any employer, if he is self-insured, insurance
company, association or the State Accident Fund, may

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